{"id":2683,"date":"2023-03-19T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2023-03-19T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:31:15","slug":"omniglot-news-19-03-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2683","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (19\/03\/2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (19\/03\/2023)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-19T12:31:14+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Marchen, an abudiga that developed from the Tibetan script in about the 7th century AD and was used until the 10th century to write Zhang-Zhung, an extinct Sino-Tibetan language ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_751\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2683-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2683-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news190323.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New writing system: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/marchen.htm\">Marchen<\/a>, an abudiga that developed from the Tibetan script in about the 7th century AD and was used until the 10th century to write Zhang-Zhung, an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was spoken mainly in western Tibet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_marchen.jpg\" alt=\"Sample text in the Marchen script\" width=\"625\" height=\"221\"><\/p>\n<p>New writing system: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/hatran.htm\">Hatran<\/a>, an abudiga that was used in what is now northern Iraq to write Hatran Aramaic, a Middle Aramaic dialect that was spoken in northeastern Mesopotamia from about the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_hatran.jpg\" alt=\"A sample text in the Hatran script\" width=\"507\" height=\"294\"><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/badlitanituun.htm\">Badlit Anituun<\/a>, was created by Ace Paloma as an alternative way to write Filipino.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_badlitanituun.jpg\" alt=\"Sample text in Badlit Anituun\" width=\"600\" height=\"243\"><\/p>\n<p>There are new language pages about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tajio.htm\">Tajio<\/a>, a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/jemwz.htm\">Jemez<\/a> (C\u00e1uij\u00f2g\u00e0), a Tanoan language spoken in Jemez Pueblo in Sandoval County in the north of New Mexico in the south of the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tajio.htm\">Tajio<\/a>, a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/nagaibak.htm\">Nagaibak<\/a>, a variety of Tatar spoken in the Chelyabinsk Oblast in the southwest of the Russian Federation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22776\">Script Families<\/a>, about how writing systems can be grouped into families, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22796\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz190323.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz190323.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Sweden and northern Finland.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/futunan.htm\">Futunan<\/a> (Fakafutuna), a Polynesian language spoken on the islands of Funtuna and Alofi in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the South-West Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQ2SR-ABu7Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we find out what links the words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2671\">Kith and Kin<\/a> with words like cunning, uncouth, gnome, gentle, genius and engine.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WimbR4upATg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/03\/17\/bright-lights\/\">Bright Lights<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new Celtic Pathways podcast about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2680\">Shamrock and Clover<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/coelbren.htm\">The Bardic Alphabet (Coelbren y Beirdd)<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a new song this week called <strong>Upside Down<\/strong> which goes something like this:<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/songs\/sager\/UpsideDown.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/songs\/sager\/UpsideDown.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>What do you do when the world&#8217;s all askew<br \/>\nand everything&#8217;s out of its place?<br \/>\nNothing is right and try as you might<br \/>\nYou just can&#8217;t stand the pace.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chorus<\/em><br \/>\nUpside-down and downside up<br \/>\nBack to front and front to back<br \/>\nInside out and outside in<br \/>\nIt puts you in a spin.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when your life&#8217;s in a stew<br \/>\nand nothing is going your way?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all too much to handle or touch<br \/>\nAnd you don&#8217;t know what to say.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when you&#8217;re feeling blue<br \/>\nand nothing makes any sense?<br \/>\nMaybe a song or a smile will help<br \/>\nto make you feel less tense.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve written a chorus in Welsh as well, but haven\u2019t recorded it yet:<\/p>\n<p>Dibyn-dobyn, dobyn dibyn<br \/>\nochr chwith ac ochr faes<br \/>\nmiga-moga, igam-ogam<br \/>\nMae popeth o ei le<\/p>\n<p>For more Omniglot News see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/\">https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omniglossia\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omniglossia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a 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content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Marchen, an abudiga that developed from the Tibetan script in about the 7th century AD and was used until the 10th century to write Zhang-Zhung, an extinct Sino-Tibetan language ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_752\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2683-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2683-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news190323.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. 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